So this is now officially a mess, and the utopia that has been the Josh Harris-Adam Peters-Dan Quinn Washington Commanders is facing unflattering scrutiny for the first time. Terry McLaurin — ace receiver, model citizen — has requested a trade. Think back to January, when McLaurin was such a star in the Commanders’ romp through the NFC playoffs. The player who produced such a combination of athletic achievement and pure joy would end up in a pay-me-or-trade-me spat? Unfathomable.

But let’s exhale, and deal with the following reality: The Commanders aren’t going to trade their best receiver. They’re going to pay him. Not what he wants, apparently, because if they did, he would be in a helmet and pads at training camp rather than emerging only to sign autographs after practice. They’ll eith

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